Probably the best bet if you want to ride some in the Sheffield area, depending on your plans of course, might be to get a South Yorkshire day ticket (used to be a Travelmaster, I'm not sure what they call it these days) so you're covered whichever way you end up going (as far as the boundaries of course!).

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Here's the gen you need.

SYConnect+
Enjoy unlimited travel on any bus, all trams and any train anywhere in South Yorkshire for 1 day, 7 days, 28 days or a full year no matter which company runs them.

Seen at Hessle on the Hull line this afternoon in the space of twenty minutes...
142018 - 5Z15 York - Hull (ECS) with 155341 on the front
142025 - 2C72 Hull to Sheffield
142050 - 2C73 Sheffield to Hull

I saw a 142 on Monday - on my 1045 Lancaster to Leeds... RTT says "Pathed as Class 150/153/155/156 (Sprinter) DMU" but it kept time OK. it was warm, clean and bright inside, I appreciated the views out of the windows (but at the expense of crash-worthiness, I imagine,) the seats were very comfortable and the guard was cheerful too!
It wriggled slightly on CWR, but on the downside I thought the doors had been sucked off when we passed an EMU going south near Hest Bank! On jointed track the 2 vehicles really gave the gangway connections a hammering, and the noise was very noticeable. (Is it the only single-glazed DMU still around?) I was very glad when we got back to CWR at Settle Junction. The Sprinter I had on the previous trip over the line was definitely superior...

Children under 11 (or who look under 11) don't need a pass, children 11-16 need a MegaTravel Pass, 16-18 year olds have their own pass (which, depending on when your birthday is in the college/sixth form year, can extend well past your 19th birthday).

Train conductors don't ask for them much, but you will get pulled up on buses (especially Stagecoach East Midlands) and on the tram.